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Whole Team Testing

Abstract/Description

Sometimes there just isn't enough testing time for all the testing we'd like to do as a team. For those testers stuck in a phased approach, testing can end up feeling like a bottleneck in the system, with testers constantly asking for more time or more help. Having experienced that team dynamic, I know that I can't do all of this testing alone and I wouldn't want to. Whole team testing reduces the time waiting for feedback and improves communication to deliver customer value sooner.

So let's say you live in this utopia of collaboration. Everybody tests! The unparalleled beauty of your shared understanding astounds everyone and satisfies your clients. You get more feedback earlier and from different perspectives. Okay, now I envy you. When can I move in? Or I guess I could just build my own little utopia right here. But where do I start?

During this session, we will draw upon the collective wisdom of the attendees to compare notes on challenges and solutions that we have experienced as well as walking through a case study of whole team testing.

Whole team testing: because teams who own testing have more confidence in the customer value of their results

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About the Speaker(s)

Agilist working as part of product development teams to support and accelerate development through fast feedback. I help teams to craft more executable user stories. Product backlog creator and groomer with emphasis on progressive elaboration. Front-end Javascript development, back-end development in Python or Node. Test automator using Newman, Protractor, Javascript, Selenium, or Python. Testing teacher, unit and integration test review and advisement, exploratory testing coach. Exploratory tester. Agile coach. ScrumMaster. Experience in programming, coaching, project management, product ownership, and technical writing. Community builder, meetup founder, conference organizer, speaker, workshop facilitator, author, podcaster, and blogger.Claire Moss has always had a passion for writing, which might be a strange trait for a discrete mathematician, but that doesn’t stop her from blogging or writing software articles. After working briefly as a software programmer and technical writer during college, Claire signed on as a quality engineer after graduation. By now, Claire has been delivering and testing software for 15 years. When you find your calling, you never look back! You might say she’s a compulsive empiricist when it comes to software. Claire continues to use her evil powers for good on the job and on her blog.